Hardware Power Electronics Engineer; EV​/Solar​/Data Center

Overview

Job Title:

Hardware Power Electronics Engineer

Location:

Franksville, WI – onsite

Employment Type:

Direct salaried employee with full benefits

Industry: Power electronics

Compensation:
Wide open

• Develop next generation power electronics for solar, energy storage, EV charging and test applications using SiC and GaN MOSFETs.
• Develop high-frequency bidirectional DC-DC converters, AC-DC grid-tie inverter, and resonant converters.
• Lead development from concept to productization.
• Develop innovative digital control algorithms.
• Develop innovative magnetics.
• Collaborate with PCB layout designers to implement high-density power designs.
• Collaborate with mechanical designers to develop the product design (sheet metal, heatsinks, bus bars, etc.).
• Achieve UL & CE compliance for the various products.
• Lead EMC compliance activities.
• Assist team members in achieving project budgets on assigned projects.
• Participate in a culture of continuous learning, standardization, and design for manufacturability.
• Ensure compliance with safety and work rules; maintain departmental housekeeping standards.

Our client is a growth-focused firm in the energy storage, testing, and power electronics space serving the EV charging, solar, and data center industries. The team emphasizes full lifecycle product engineering leadership.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in power electronics design, including high-frequency power stages, filtering, circuit protection, thermal and EMI/EMC considerations; PCB layout, DC-DC and DC-AC experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with lab testing tools and thermal testing.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with MATLAB / Simulink / Sim Power Systems .
• Minimum 3 years of product development process experience.
• Minimum 2 years of related experience with power electronics and control systems design.
• Minimum 2 years of process orientation/discipline and demonstrated use of problem-solving tools (e.g., Pareto, 5-Why, 8-D, Six Sigma).

• Master's Degree in power electronics with more than 5 years of industry experience in power converter development (NPD or R&D).
• Data center DC-DC work experience (high current) and DC-DC solar optimizer experience.
• 5+ years of design, testing, and debugging of DC-DC or 3-phase AC-DC converters (400-900V, >2kW).
• Experience in design and selection of power semiconductor parts, cooling, passive components, protection circuits, and sensing circuits.
• Understanding of PCB layout for high voltages.
• Familiarity with UL1741 standards and common Safety/EMI standards for power converter systems.
• Familiarity with EMC requirements and filter design.
• Understanding of hardware-mechanical and hardware-software interfaces.
• Understanding of fundamental equations for high-frequency inductor and transformer design.
• Experience operating in a power-electronics and industrial packaging manufacturing environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer statement and legal eligibility:
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM status.